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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783 NRA: Dunning, John (1731-1783) 1st Baron Ashburton, politician DNB: Dunning, John, first Baron Ashburton (1731–1783), barrister and politician LBT ID: LdAshbu1a VIAF ID: 53137269 LOC ID: n85246263 | B/BAP: 1731-10-18 DIED: 1783-08-18 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com; historyofparliamentonline.org; LOC Name Authority File | |
Educated at the Middle Temple where he became an associate of John Horne Tooke, he was a
distinguished barrister and MP for Calne (1768-82) aligned with the Rockingham
Whigs. | |
